When I was a teenager – before the Kennedy assassination – gun violence was relatively rare except in places like Chicago and New York City. Firearms were easy to buy, the only requirement was to be over 18. They could even be ordered from catalogues like Sears, the only requirement was to check a box on the order form affirming you were over 18.
After the assassination anti-gun laws were enacted. Gun violence increased. It seems that the more restrictive gun laws the more gun violence we have.
Before the gun grabbers ask, no – I don’t favor repealing all gun laws. Our society has crossed a line and can’t go back.
You may be blaming the ever more restrictive gun laws for violence that would have occurred due to other forces, such as the rise of the drug culture (just one factor among many). But certainly, gun control laws have never done anything to stem the violence. They're just the easy, quick responses to these bloody atrocities that our politicians keep in their back pockets - ever so handy when the cry goes up to "Pass a law... ANY law!"